Rivers rerun: PDP wins, APC kicks

The PDP in Rivers State has won both the seat of the House of Representatives and that of the state House of Assembly held on Saturday.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday declared Jerome Eke of the PDP as winner of the concluding election into Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency of the state.

Prof. Jeremiah Sola-Omotola, the Returning Officer, who made the declaration at INEC office in Port Harcourt, said Eke scored 15,221 votes to defeat Ogbonna Nwuke of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 6,220 votes.

Our correspondent reports that the PDP also won the Etche State Constituency II election in which Mr Tony Ejiogu secured 4,162 votes to defeat Mr Golden of the APC who scored 1,618 votes.

The Returning Officer for the election, Olatubosun Odusanya, made the announcement at INEC office in Port Harcourt.

But the APC in Rivers has called on INEC not to contradict itself in announcing the results of Etche/ Omuma elections.

Chris Finebone, the state Publicity Secretary of the party, who made the call in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday, said that the elections for Etche State Constituency and Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency were formally declared inconclusive by the returning officers.

“They (Returning Officers) subsequently announced that the conclusion of the process will take place today (Sunday) or on Monday,” the statement said.

Finebone said the party said was taken aback by signals indicating that Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, the National Electoral Commissioner in charge of Rivers, ordered that the results of the inconclusive elections should be announced.